Job 20:1

ASV: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

DARBY: And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

DRA: Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

KJV: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Job 20:2

ASV: Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

DARBY: Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.

DRA: Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

KJV: Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

Job 20:3

ASV: I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

DARBY: I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.

DRA: The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

KJV: I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Job 20:4

ASV: Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

DARBY: Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,

DRA: This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,

KJV: Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Job 20:5

ASV: That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

DARBY: The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?

DRA: that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

KJV: That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Job 20:6

ASV: Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

DARBY: Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,

DRA: If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:

KJV: Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

Job 20:7

ASV: Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

DARBY: Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

DRA: In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he?

KJV: Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Job 20:8

ASV: He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

DARBY: He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.

DRA: As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:

KJV: He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Job 20:9

ASV: The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

DARBY: The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.

DRA: The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.

KJV: The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

Job 20:10

ASV: His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

DARBY: His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.

DRA: His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.

KJV: His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:11

ASV: His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

DARBY: His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

DRA: His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

KJV: His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:12

ASV: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

DARBY: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,

DRA: For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.

KJV: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

Job 20:13

ASV: Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

DARBY: [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,

DRA: He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.

KJV: Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

Job 20:14

ASV: Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

DARBY: His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.

DRA: His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.

KJV: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

Job 20:15

ASV: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

DARBY: He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

DRA: The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

KJV: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:16

ASV: He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper`s tongue shall slay him.

DARBY: He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.

DRA: He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.

KJV: He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

Job 20:17

ASV: He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

DARBY: He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

DRA: (Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)

KJV: He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Job 20:18

ASV: That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

DARBY: That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].

DRA: He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.

KJV: That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Job 20:19

ASV: For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

DARBY: For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

DRA: Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

KJV: Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 20:20

ASV: Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

DARBY: Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

DRA: And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.

KJV: Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Job 20:21

ASV: There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

DARBY: Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

DRA: There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:

KJV: There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Job 20:22

ASV: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

DARBY: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

DRA: When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

KJV: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Job 20:23

ASV: When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

DARBY: It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

DRA: May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.

KJV: When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

Job 20:24

ASV: He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

DARBY: If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

DRA: He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.

KJV: He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

Job 20:25

ASV: He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

DARBY: He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

DRA: The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.

KJV: It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

Job 20:26

ASV: All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

DARBY: All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

DRA: All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.

KJV: All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

Job 20:27

ASV: The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

DARBY: The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

DRA: The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

KJV: The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

Job 20:28

ASV: The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

DARBY: The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.

DRA: The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath.

KJV: The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Job 20:29

ASV: This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

DARBY: This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

DRA: This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.

KJV: This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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